1、2015四川省遂宁市高考英语阅读理解9月练习（2）及答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。People can write many things about this life. In this case, precious moments become the compositions of history. What about you? People should learn from each other, thus they need to read the latest news. It is really interesting to s
2、pend your spare time and start your day in the morning. How can you get the information? You will never run out of choices, since there are many different resources to read out there. You can say hello to the world by clicking the mouse on your computer and you can also read the daily newspaper in y
3、our patio (庭院). However, Internet offers fast and effective solutions for the readers. Reading the news on the Internet is just a simple task to do. If you are a mobile person, it is impossible for you to bring the computer and mouse. So, several digital devices are accessible to meet your needs of
4、latest information. You have iPad, smart phone and some other possible solutions. They are your best friends to gain the information about every single thing which has happened in certain part of the world. Now, its time to find the most reliable source. You can easily find the amount of websites on
5、 the Internet. They offer news and information about many different things, but only few of them will answer your questions. The reliable and accurate sources will let you read and think further about certain news and information. Definitely, you should find the site with various popular categories
6、of news. There should be some categories such as business, sports and technology. Where should you go now? You will find the answer at News Daily Spot and get the complete information about other issues. For you who love to know more about celebrity and biography, feel free to read the biography (传记
7、) of several celebrities, such as Kourtney Kardashian. Read the news and see the face of the world today. 1. What is the main idea of the passage? A. Many ways exist for us to know about the world. B. Newspaper plays an important part in our daily life. C. The Internet shortens the distance between
8、people. D. The Internet helps people get more information about the world. 2. You are always on business, so. A. it is convenient for you to carry a desktop computerB. youd better carry several digital devicesC. an iPad will benefit you a lotD. you only read newspapers every day3. Why does the autho
9、r say “its time to find the most reliable source”? A. You must find the reliable and accurate information. B. You can get all answers to any questions. C. Various websites will offer the same things. D. You should use your head to think over after reading. 4. The purpose of the author is. A. to get
10、us to know more about the usage of InternetB. to advertise for News Daily SpotC. to draw attention to News Daily SpotD. to introduce more famous people5. Why does the author mention Kourtney Kardashian? A. To stress he is the most famous in the world. B. To introduce the all-sidedness of the website
11、. C. To give answers to the questions above. D. To show off the celebrities of the world. 【参考答案】15、DCDCB 阅读理解It was a hot summer day My dad and I were getting ready to go out for a ride on the boat with my friend Katie and the dog when the phone call came, the call that made that bright, beautiful d
12、ay a cold, dark, gloomy oneI had just put on my suit, shorts, and tank top, and packed my bag with sunscreen and everything else I would need for the day I ran into my parents room to find Dad When I saw him on the phone, he was crying Id never seen my dad cry before My heart sank What possibly coul
13、d have happened?Max, Im so sorry, I heard him say Thats when it hit me I knew that Suzie had died Max has been my dads best friend for years Suzie, his daughter, had a rare disease that mainly affected her body Her brain was OK She knew what was going on; she knew that she had problems and was diffe
14、rent from other kids Once she told her dad that she wished she could die and be born in a different body Yet although she couldnt live a normal life ，she was still happyWhen Suzie and I were little, we spent quite a bit of time together As we grew up, we grew apart She lived in New York, and I lived
15、 in the Midwest When Suzie was ten she had to live in a hospital in Virginia About eight months before she died, Max gave us her number at the hospital and we talked at least twice a week until the end Suzie was always so excited to talk to us and wanted to know every detail about my life She wanted
16、 to know everything I did and every thing I ate In a way, she lived through me After we found out about her death, we made our plans to go to New York for the funeral When she was alive, I sent her a Beanie Baby and she sent one back to me I had bought her another one but never had the chance to sen
17、d it to her, so I took it to put in her casket（棺材）Her funeral was very different from any funeral Id ever been to After they lowered her casket, each one of us put a shovelful of dirt over her I remember crying so hard, I felt weak My cheeks burned from the tears My whole body was shaking as I picke
18、d up the shovel, but Im glad I did itWhen Suzie and I first started calling one another, I thought it would be more of a burden on me, but I was completely wrong I learned so much from her She gave me more than I could ever give to her I will never forget her or the talks we had I now know that I mu
19、st never take anything for granted especially my health and the gift of life9What does the underlined part “In a way, she lived through me” mean?ASuzie got to know what life outside hospital was like by sharing my experienceBSuzie was financially dependent of meCSuzie managed to pull through her ill
20、ness with the help of my familyDSuzie was too weak to live her own life10Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?ASuzie was the only person helping the author with difficultiesBThe author feared that she might also get the same disease as SuzieCThe author benefited a lot from talking on
21、 the phone with SuzieDThe author didnt understand Suzie was her true friend until Suzies death11What is the most important lesson the author learned from Suzies death?ANever let go of a friend even if you are apartBBe thankful for what we have in our lifeCTalking with a friend can cure your illnessD
22、We can learn more from our friends than they do from us【参考答案】911、ACB阅读理解-DThe future of agriculture must achieve several goals at the same time First, it now appears that we will have to double world food production in the next 40 years due to population growth, increasing meat consumption and press
23、ure from biofuels （生物燃料） We will also have to reduce the environmental impacts from our farming practices, which have caused widespread damage to soils, ecosystems, waters and even the atmosphere In fact, agricultures impacts are as bad as climate change as an environmental concern Besides, we will
24、have to improve food security for the worlds poor While the Green Revolution of the 1960s made it possible to feed hundreds of millions more people than in earlier eras, the number of the under-nourished in the world has started to rise again Finally, we will have to increase the recovering ability
25、of agriculture from shocks Today, our high-efficiency, globalized world has many benefits, but it is vulnerable （易受伤的） to destruction, whether from droughts, diseases or sudden price rises We must start building better food systems to better keep us away from future shocksCurrently, there are two mo
26、dels of agriculture: local and organic agriculture vs globalized and industrialized agriculture Each has been strongly supported and severely criticized, but neither of these models, standing alone, can fully meet our needsOrganic agriculture teaches us important lessons about soils, nutrition and p
27、est management Unfortunately, organic food provides less than 1% of the worlds calories, mostly to the wealthy It is hard to imagine organic farming developing to feed 9 billion Globalized and industrialized agriculture has benefits of high output and low labor demands Without it, billions of people
28、 would have starved However, it has come with enormous environmental and social costs, which cannot be sustainedRather than voting for just one solution, we need a third way to solve the crisis Lets take ideas from both sides, creating new, hybrid solutions that increase production, save resources a
29、nd build a more sustainable agricultureThere are many promising avenues to pursue A new “third way” for agriculture is not only possible but also necessary Our problems are huge, and they will require everyone at the table, working together toward solutions12 How many goals of agriculture are mentio
30、ned in the passage?A Three B Four C Five D Six13 Which is true according to the passage?A Organic agriculture can feed most people in the world nowB Industrialized agriculture does no harm to our environmentC Modern farming is criticized while organic farming is notD The future agriculture cant only
31、 depend on organic agriculture14 We can learn from the passage that _A everyone can afford to enjoy organic food at willB we will vote to decide which farming system to take C the writer is quite optimistic about future agricultureD only experts can find a better agricultural solution15 Whats the be
32、st title for the passage? A Organic Agriculture Vs Industrialized Agriculture B The Goals of Future Agriculture and Its Way Out C A Third Possible and Necessary Way for AgricultureD Modern Globalized and Industrialized Agriculture 【参考答案】1215、BDCB阅读理解（A）In the kitchen of my mothers houses there has a
33、lways been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil. Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look
34、 the same as they always did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one. “Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sh
35、eet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?” My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.” Immediately I can
36、 picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have
37、 taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.” This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematic
38、ian. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have
39、 traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.( ) 1. Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?A. To leave messages. B. To list her everyday tasks.C. To note down maths problems. D.
40、To write down a flash of inspiration. ( ) 2. What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand? A. It has great value for the family. B. It needs to be replaced by a better one. C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood. D .It should be passed on to the next generation. ( ) 3. The auth
41、or feels embarrassed for _ A. blaming her mother wrongly. B. giving her mother a lot of trouble. C. not making good use of time as her mother did. D. not making any breakthrough in her field.( ) 4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A .The mother is successful in her career. B. The family
42、members like traveling. C. The author had little time to play when young. D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared. ( ) 5. In the authors mind ,her mother is_A. strange in behavior. B. keen on her research. C. fond of collecting old things. D. careless about her appearance.本篇文章为记叙文。主要讲述“我”的母亲
43、总是习惯实用厨房里的记事本和铅笔。50年过去了，换了 5 所房子，可母亲的习惯没有改变，却更热衷于此。我突然意识到母亲是位天才的数学家。46. D细节理解题。 根据第四段第三句 never knew when I might want to note down an idea, “and I was always in the kitchen in those days”可知作者母亲随时在存放的记事本上记录自己的想法，故选 D 项。47. B 推理判断题。根据第三段作者说的“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the
44、 pad and pencil after all these years.”“Cant you afford a pen”可知作者态度，是在反问母亲，想让母亲用更好的笔和记事本，故选B48. C 细节理解题，根据第五段第二句“I fell embarrassed that T complain about not having enough child-free time to work”可判断选C项49. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容，可知我意识到母亲的成功，她是天才数学家，母亲充分利用了厨房里的记事本写下数学，以及她对我的影响，由此判断选A50. B细节理解题。根据第五段第二句母亲的话“One day I was cooking and watching baby It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知，作者的母亲很热衷于自己的发现，由此判断选B
